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The attack this time was a twist: the attackers struck the convoy of municipal vehicles from the roofs of the houses on both sides of the street; cops chased the gunmen but they escaped.

An attack against a group of police patrols in Ciudad Juarez Municipal reminiscent of movie action scenes holywoodenses on the Colombian drug trade and their confrontations with agents of the DEA on streets and roofs of Bogota, Cali and Medellin, killed commander of the division and bullets wounding an officer and five persons other than the fact that they were unwittingly involved in the attack.

The convoy consisting of several units of the SSPM circulated through the streets of Ciudad Juarez on a routine trip when suddenly they were attacked from the upper parts of the buildings along the avenue, in the middle of Downtown.

The police elements responded to the attack and the attackers fled, but in the brief but intense firefight was killed the commander of Sector SSPM Center, know only his surname Soria, another officer was shot in the arm and five five civilians who were walking through the area also suffered gunshot wounds.

In their escape the gunmen were chased by the city police to the intersection of 5 de Febrero February 5 and Francisco Sarabia of the colony Obrera, where a van was found abandoned late-model gray. None detained.

Two separate incidents caused the closing of the Mexican Port of Entry the night of January 10 and early morning of January 11. Both closures resulted in the U.S. Port of Entry also being forced to close.

The Mexican Port of Entry remained closed for three and a half hours on the night of January 10, due to an incident that involved Mexican Customs allegedly shooting several rounds towards an unidentified pick-up that apparently was trying to run away from them. The Mexican Port re-opened shortly after midnight.

The second incident occurred around 6:45 a.m. on January 11, when a white pick-up crashed into one of the two entrances to cross through the Mexican Port of Entry. The Port was re-opened around 11:15 a.m.

Both vehicles were allegedly trying to get into the United States.Mexican officials said they were unable to comment on any of the two incidents.

A 35-year old man from Phoenix and two teenage juveniles from Mexico are in custody following a vehicle pursuit Friday outside of Douglas.

According to Sgt. Jose Duarte of the Douglas Police Dept. at around 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6 Douglas Police Detectives, while in the area of mile marker one on Kings Highway, observed a white in color vehicle that appeared to have been loading unknown items into the vehicle.

Sgt. Duarte said the Douglas Police Detectives approached the vehicle and the occupants in an attempt to make contact but that the vehicle began to travel north on Kings Highway while DPD detectives attempted to make a traffic stop.

The vehicle refused to stop however and a pursuit began.

According to reports from the DPD the vehicle traveled North on Kings Highway, then East on Double Adobe Road then South on Highway 191. Douglas Police Detectives were then assisted by Douglas Police Officers and other officers in the attempt to stop the vehicle.

The suspect vehicle finally came to a stop at the intersection of Highway 191 and Highway 80, where the three occupants were arrested, the vehicle was seized and transported to the Douglas Police Department. Douglas Police Officers later found that the vehicle also contained several packages of marijuana weighing approximately 93 pounds.

Douglas Police Department arrested the driver of the vehicle identified Andres Casillas, 35, along with two teenage juveniles one of which was from Agua Prieta, the other from Chihuahua.

All subjects were charged with possession of marijuana, marijuana for sale and transportation of marijuana. They remain in custody pending their court appearances.

U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector found an abandoned load of marijuana just west of Gila Bend on Monday.

Agent Spencer Tippets, of the Yuma Sector Public Affairs Office, said Wellton Station agents were conducting routine patrols in the area when they discovered eight bundles of abandoned marijuana in a desert wash south of Interstate 8.

After searching the area and finding no suspects, agents seized the marijuana, which had an estimated value in excess of $70,000. "There was no foot sign in the area," Tippets said.

Tippets said it is difficult for agents to determine how long the bundles had been there, why they had been left or where the smugglers had gone. He suggested that the smugglers may have stashed the marijuana for someone to pick up later or that the smugglers realized they couldn't make it to their destination and ditched the bundles, or that they abandoned the marijuana to avoid getting caught by agents.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Andrade port of entry on Sunday apprehended a Salinas, Calif., man wanted on charges related to a double homicide.

Jose DeJesus Vargas Ocegueda, 21, was taken into custody at about 8 p.m. A CBP officer conducting inspections of vehicles and travelers performed a name check on Vargas. CBP officers ran his fingerprints through an integrated print system, which confirmed his identity and a warrant for double homicide.

Vargas was placed in the custody of the Imperial County Sheriff's Department and transported to the Imperial County Jail to await extradition to Watsonville, Calif. He is expected to be transferred by the end of the week.